Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2012, 1:24 AM EDT for Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 25, 2012, 1:24 AM EDT (05:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2012, 4:01 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pike County, KY
The radar
The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 237 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
674 WGUS53 KJKL 250524 FFWJKL KYC195-251130- /O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0036.120725T0524Z-120725T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 124 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY... * UNTIL 730 AM EDT * AT 122 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA SINCE MIDNIGHT. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ARGO...BIGGS...BOARD TREE...COLEMAN...FEDSCREEK...JAMBOREE... MAJESTIC...MOUTHCARD...PHELPS...TOONERVILLE AND WOODMAN. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...TUG FORK... PAWPAW CREEK...LEVISA FORK...FEDS CREEK...ROCKLICK CREEK...ROCKHOUSE FORK...GABRIEL BRANCH...JOHNS CREEK...ATKINS BRANCH...BIG BRANCH...POND CREEK...BLACKBERRY CREEK AND ASH LICK FORK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 3:30 A.M. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 3735 8224 3756 8238 3754 8197 3753 8197 $$ BECKER
2 follow-up statements
823 WGUS73 KJKL 250611 FFSJKL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 211 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 KYC195-251130- /O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120725T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PIKE KY- 211 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY UNTIL 730 AM EDT... AT 210 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE... ARGO...BIGGS...BOARD TREE...COLEMAN...FEDSCREEK...JAMBOREE... MAJESTIC...MOUTHCARD...PHELPS...TOONERVILLE AND WOODMAN. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...TUG FORK...PAWPAW CREEK...LEVISA FORK...FEDS CREEK...ROCKLICK CREEK...CAMP CREEK...BLACKBERRY CREEK AND ASH LICK FORK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 3735 8224 3756 8238 3754 8197 3753 8197 $$ BECKER
925 WGUS73 KJKL 250801 FFSJKL FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 401 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 KYC195-250816- /O.CAN.KJKL.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120725T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PIKE KY- 401 AM EDT WED JUL 25 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL PIKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3735 8224 3756 8238 3754 8197 3753 8197 $$ BECKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 1:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Martin, Pike | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Knott | 93 min |
| Jul 25, 11:05 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Montgomery, Powell and 3 more | 9 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.